My wife who is Thai thinks they will be in Thailand agian because of the previews. She knows there are elephants in India, but the surroundings seem familiar to her.

Spot on... I'm thinking it's Thailand too... Just have that feeling... At the dirty horse ride (If that's what it's call) task.... Did I see something that I wasn't supposed to see.... It concerns Tian....

I'm not so sure they could have gone to China, since this was filmed around the same time as the major SARS outbreak hit the news, so they probably avoided Hong Kong and China, although it is possible.

They haven't visited the caribbean at all- Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Haiti, DR, Bahamas, etc etc... And they could certainly stand to spend more time in Latin America in general- Costa Rica, Panama, Baja, Buenos Aires, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, etc etc... And how about the Pacific? like Easter Island, Samoa, Tahiti... that could be really cool!

They may skip Asia (except for transit) coz of SARS. I think they may travel straight to australia (via Singapore or Malaysia). i don't think the producers would take a risk letting the racers go to a SARs infected country

filming was done duing february 2003 mainly, which i believe was one of the major times of the SARs outbreak, the beginning I believe, though I was in Hong Kong in mid January there wasn't n e thing about it, so maybe SARs outbreak wasn't till march, and after filming.
Though Australia seems a great possibility, Perth ot Darwin maybe

I heard before that the destination chosen for amazing race was due to the sponsorship of certain country for this program. I mean the country that sponsors this program might become one of the amazing race's destination...am i right ? or i could be wrong....?